Seattle Seahawks vs. Green Bay Packers: Let’s Do It Again

By Brett Michael Dykes

Sept. 20, 2015

Seahawks (0-1) at Packers (1-0)

8:30 p.m. Line: Packers by 3 ½

Brandon Bostick is no longer with the Green Bay Packers, but his ghost will loom large over Sunday night’s game. It was Bostick’s botched attempt at an onside kick recovery in last season’s N.F.C. championship game that helped the Seattle Seahawks overcome a 12-point fourth-quarter deficit to pull off an improbable comeback and a berth in the Super Bowl with an overtime win. But you won’t hear Packers Coach Mike McCarthy talk about his team seeking redemption this weekend.

“We’re playing at Lambeau Field,” McCarthy said, adding: “It’s our first home game. I don’t really think we need to get past that.”

Seattle, coming off a 34-31 overtime loss to the Rams, has lost five straight to the Packers in Green Bay, where the home team went 9-0 last season (including playoff games). There, the Seahawks will be facing one of the league’s most explosive offenses, which isn’t good news for a defensive unit that gave up a league-worst eight plays of 20 yards or more in Week 1. It seems that the absence of the holdout safety Kam Chancellor is being felt.